Battle of the Pentagon Run

The Battle of Pentagon Run was a series of small naval engagements fought during Operation Klondike against fleeing elements of the spacefarers who resided above the various Pentagon Worlds.

Summary of Events

Initial Engagements

When Operation Klondike was launched, the first order of business was the securing of the jump points and approaches in each system above the Pentagon worlds.

Each planetary system was host to bands of independent spacefarers who remained aloof to the plight of the people on the ground, with many never having set foot on a terrestrial body.

The jump into Arcadia and engagement of forces there was successful due to impeccable planning by Clan Star Adder's Khan Absolom Truscott and his team of strategists. No JumpShips made it out that were not immediately accounted for at other Clan-held locations in systems nearby. At Dagda, the blockades of Clan Burrock and Clan Widowmaker successfully stopped all escape attempts, in spite of some spectacular events during the course of the engagement. But this was not to be the case at the rest of the Pentagon Worlds.

At Babylon, two JumpShips and four DropShips escaped that were never accounted for in after action reports. At Circe, a Quixote class Destroyer and four JumpShips escaped at the zenith jump point, and at an orbital space station called Outpost One three JumpShips and a massive Potemkin class transport escaped capture as well. And at Eden one ship made it out, but was found some time later with all hands dead due to actions of a Clan boarding party that had already breached the hull.

The Chase

Under orders from ilKhan Nicholas Kerensky, Clan Snow Raven saKhan Raffe Kardaan set out in pursuit of the fleeing spacefarers, ordered to vring them into the fold.

Bibliography

Historical: Operation Klondike